Mid-term Evaluations Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Curt Clifton
DB Experience 15 12 9 6 3 0 Significant Some Design Programming Using
Lecture Pace Responses between levels counted as 0.5 for each 20 16 12 8 4 0 Much Too Fast Somewhat Fast Somewhat Slow Much Too Slow
Lecture: Working Well Examples (12) Class participation (2) Concise Slides, Slides Listening available (11) Group exercises Keeping things interesting, upbeat (5) Quizzes (8) Breaks (2) Labs (2)
Lecture: Poss. Improvements More Examples (2) Show SQL examples in actual DB No more videos, better videos (2) Include answers on slides Quizzes make it hard to listen (2) Harder quizzes Downloadable PPT files Post examples online (see Angel → Materials → Avoid 100 minutes of Slides ) lecture Don’t rant on things that More depth won’t be tested Wider music variety More SQL Examples More background music
Quiz Difficulty 20 16 12 8 4 0 Much Too Hard Somewhat Hard Somewhat Easy Much Too Easy
Quiz Helpfulness 15 12 9 6 3 0 Very Helpful Somewhat Helpful Somewhat Unhelpful Very Unhelpful
Quizzes: Working Well Reinforce the lecture Feedback on (7) understanding (2) Good for studying (7) Making it through all the questions Provide overview (5) Giving time to answer Forces me to pay attention (3) Easy grades Discussing some questions together (3)
Quizzes: Poss. Improvements Include more applied, Don’t collect harder questions (5) immediately, allow individual questions Make them smaller/ during lab time easier (2) Questions could be Include more key clearer points, don’t omit key points (2) Give more time to answer questions Just make them fill-in- the-blank Include more overview/opinion questions
HW Difficulty 30 24 18 12 6 0 Much Too Hard Somewhat Hard Somewhat Easy Much Too Easy
HW Helpfulness 15 12 9 6 3 0 Very Helpful Somewhat Helpful Somewhat Unhelpful Very Unhelpful
Homework: Working Well Good content, (Revised) grading reinforces lecture (7) scheme Good practice (6) Can do it offline Due once weekly (2) Helpful/realistic practice (2) Shows what I don’t know (2) Examples in class (2) Not overkill
Homework: Poss. Improvements Go over problems in Give more homework class (7) Make smaller step up Grading scheme still from class work sucks (6) Focus on practical Eliminate busywork questions (3) Don’t have questions Make shorter (3) with cross-references Make shorter, more Make it less frequent assignments bothersome (2) Better feedback Some problems are unclear (2)
Lab Difficulty 20 16 12 8 4 0 Much Too Hard Somewhat Hard Somewhat Easy Much Too Easy
Lab Helpfulness 15 12 9 6 3 0 Very Helpful Somewhat Helpful Somewhat Unhelpful Very Unhelpful
Labs: Working Well Practical experience, Good balance of hand- hands-on (13) holding and self- study Short, can be done in class (4) Everything! Good content, Good complement to lecture (8) Eased me into SQL Server 2005 Very thoroughly explained
Homework: Poss. Improvements Use more complex Less emphasis on examples, problems reading/searching, (6) more on doing Make Instructions Add optional tasks Clearer (4) for further practice “I waste hours on More labs, less simple tasks” lecture More hand-holding More raw SQL instead of GUI Allow more flexibility, less hand- Use MySQL instead of holding SQL Server More doughnuts
Other Comments Keep up the good work Class harder than (4) expected 8 am is too early (2) HW, quizzes, & exams are abstract/opinion. I hate getting the HW There are not clear 90% right and getting right/wrong or best a 67% (note: 2/2.4 = answers 83%) Make tests shorter Grading scheme is cruel Good course layout so far Compare/constrast with other DBMS More help in labs
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